Integration of Light Rail Transit Into City Streets
Title | Integration of Light Rail Transit Into City Streets PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Total Pages | 99 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Bus stops |
ISBN | 9780309057233 |
Light Rail Service
Title | Light Rail Service PDF eBook |
Author | Transit Cooperative Research Program |
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Total Pages | 156 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Local transit |
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This report provides documentation and presents the results of a study to improve the safety of light rail transit (LRT) in semiexclusive rights-of-way where light rail vehicles operate at speeds greater than 35 mph through crossings with streets and pedestrians pathways. This report also presents the results of field tests conducted to improve the safety of higher speed LRT systems through grade crossing design.
Seventh National Conference on Light Rail Transit
Title | Seventh National Conference on Light Rail Transit PDF eBook |
Author | National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board |
Publisher | Transportation Research Board |
Total Pages | 216 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Transportation |
ISBN | 9780309061520 |
The 1995 National Conference on Light Rail Transit (LRT), "Building on Success--Learning from Experience", emphasizes the lessons resulting from the maturing of North American LRT systems. The conference adds to the growing body of knowledge and real-world experiences with modern LRT applications. Volume 1, contains 36 conference papers, organized in four parts. Volume 2, contains both conference papers and associated papers presented at the 1996 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, D.C.
Transit-friendly Streets
Title | Transit-friendly Streets PDF eBook |
Author | Project for Public Spaces |
Publisher | Transportation Research Board |
Total Pages | 84 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 9780309062657 |
Presents 10 strategies used in both the United States and Europe to create transit-friendly streets. The strategies are followed by case studies of five communities that have pursued different initiatives to improve their livability by making their streets more transit-friendly.
Rail-highway Crossing Safety
Title | Rail-highway Crossing Safety PDF eBook |
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Total Pages | 64 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Railroad accidents |
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This Action Plan presents a multi-faceted, multi-modal approach for improving safety at our nation's highway-rail crossings and for the prevention of trespassing on the rights-of-way of our nation's railroads. It is multi-faceted in that it presents enforcement, engineering, education, research, promotional and legislative initiatives addressing crossings of both light and conventional rail rights-of-way by public and private streets and highways. The objectives were to reduce the number of highway-rail crossing accidents and casualties while not impeding, but facilitating, the contribution potential of the highway and rail infrastructure on the nation's economy.
Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1997: Department of Transportation
Title | Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1997: Department of Transportation PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1132 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | United States |
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Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1997
Title | Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1997 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 1138 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | United States |
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